IBM unveils 'block of flats' design for ultra-tiny chips
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Posted Jun 25, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC · In the digest of 2026-06-25-1200
IBM has unveiled a new chip design, likened to a "block of flats," which could enable 100 billion transistors on a fingernail-sized silicon chip, equivalent to 0.7nm, surpassing the current 2nm standard.
IBM has announced a new chip design that could allow manufacturers to integrate 100 billion transistors onto a silicon chip the size of a fingernail. This innovative technology, described as a "block of flats" design, is said to be equivalent to approximately 0.7 nanometres (nm). The current industry standard for chip size is around 2nm. This breakthrough could significantly advance computing power and efficiency by enabling unprecedented transistor density on microchips. Sources: BBC News — World